Anyone who believes that the revolution has triumphed under the leadership of al-Jolani and that a new phase has begun is mistaken. Jabhat al-Nusra and Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham are armed militias operating according to a sectarian and religious agenda and are arms of the largest terrorist organizations in the world, ISIS and al-Qaeda. These gangs have one big goal, to implement a plan that serves the agendas of the major powers that aimed to divide Syria before the fall of the regime because this would give greater legitimacy to Israel to exist as a religious state and would dismantle Russia's influence in the region, especially after the successful assassination of Hassan Nasrallah (completely eliminating Hezbollah's military capabilities) and the expulsion of more than 4,000 Iranian fighters from Syria.
No one imagined that the regime in Syria would be so fragile that it allowed armed gangs to occupy more provinces, reaching Damascus, and then Assad would flee so quickly and without resistance. al-Jolani (Ahmad al-Sharaa) found himself a leader and the countries that classified him and his group as terrorist organizations sent their ambassadors and high-level officials to him to establish friendly relations. This is crazy. The Syrian people did not revolt against the pro-Iranian Bashar regime in order to replace it with the pro-Zionist Golani regime. Unfortunately, the Syrians will regret the rule of the Assad family despite all its disadvantages and the disasters it caused. This is what happened in other experiences in which Islamists rose to power before being eliminated in various ways (examples: Tunisia and Egypt).
Well, Assad has been fighting for 14 years and he wasn't even supposed to be the leader in the first place. His brother Basil (who has been assassinated) was the one chosen by his father to rule Syria, while Bashar was dreaming of being a doctor.
So, you have to give him some credit. Also, the rebels weren't just an armed gang; they had their hands on weapons that even the Syrian army couldn't have, such as TOW missiles (which can destroy any tank with one hit and a 99% success rate) and some new top-tier weapons that cost more than the entire Syrian economy.
The thing that always bugs me is why Assad chose exile over death? Every single dictator or general in history has always chosen death over exile, because they can't live like normal people with no power. Sure, they have money, but money doesn't buy everything in the elite world.
So, why did he choose that? Does he plan to let the Syrians see what the country will end up without him, or does he just want to keep his long-life dream of being an ophthalmologist?
It's been more than a month, and nobody has ever heard a word about him. Something really fishy is going on with him, but my theory is that he simply gave up, and even if the Syrians wanted him back, he wouldn't go. He probably will die soon, as will I, since he is 61 years old, while the average Syrian life expectancy is 63, and I can't imagine someone who had to endure 14 years of war to have the normal life expectancy.